Washington County hatchet and Forest Grove times., May 20, 1897, Image 5

he
d ín g l e y b il l
THE SILVER COMMIS8K
Indicatsa a genaral aatiafactlon with tha tbe President to reduce, If hy ao doing the price, and It was never ay hard for
woo! schedule, and bat not received a elo­ Germany and Trance would make similar tbe laboring man or the farmer to bny a P r e s i d e n t ' s A p p o i n t m e n t o f
reductlona on commodities we sell to new suit. How can a laborer be benefited
gie complaint in regard to the bill gen
m i s s i o n - r e G e n e r a l l y Command
per annujn on his
them.;. It is., therefore, to be hoped tUTT by a reduirtion of
erally from the farmers.
President McKinley, by his sppointae
“ It canuot be expected." continued Mr. Congress will not uibble at reciprocity, but clothing and $100 on hia income? O f of commissioners to an international DM
Steele, “ that any genuine prosperity aud give the country a strong measure, even what advantage to a farmer ia cheap etary conference, has giTcn another atrik-
stability will come to the country until more far-reaching than the committee pro­ shoddy if he canuot sell hi* products ex­ in» assurance of Republican good faith i
this tariff matter is settled aud rates on poses. that will give us uew market* for cept at prices below cost?
A silly pretense and generally a dishon­ in dealing with the silver question. Tho .J
all articles adjusted permanently. The our agricultural products iu Europe and
est
one that should be everywhere expos­ pledge of the St. Louis platform to pro­
our
machinery
und
farm
implements
in
trouble was after the enactment o f the
ed.
is the contention that duties increase mote an international agreement in the in­
South
America.
W
e
have
been
doing
McKinley law. that the people d‘ l not al­
invariably
and permanently tbe prices of terest of bimetallism and the cordial sym­
very
well
in
our
export*
of
manufacture*
low sufficient time for condition* to prop-
similar
domestic
production.
This is pathy of the Republican party for every
during
rhe
last
few
years,
but
the
gain
in
erly adjust themselves and to allow the-
neither
the
object
nor
effect
of
duties.
It practical movement in that direction aro
that
direction
has
uot
made
up
for
the
law to show it« full power, before they
forcibly demonstrated by the President**
is
to
ex^ude
excessive
foreign
competi­
loss
in
agricultural
products.
W
e
have
overwhelmed the country with an adverse
prompt aud statesmanlike action in th
tion
and
bold
the
borne
market
for
home
p’
.
cuty
of
articles
to
trade
on
in
the'mau
criticism and detuaqded a trial of low
present instance.—New York Mall and -
tariff. The people of the country have 'her suggested, if Cofigres* only show* the enterprise aud home labor, both in indus­ Express.
trial
and
in
rural
lines.
And
this
is
not
had opportunity to see the free trade the­ Courage of its convictions and invents the
President McKiuIey has acted wisely i
ory put into practical operatiou and have President with the widest |>o»sible lati­ a theory: it is an accomplished fact, the
inevitable result of which is assured in a making the bimetallic commission a radi­
found It .wautiug/ and now we hope that tude.
The proposed legislation to give us rev- I very brief period with our abundant cap­ cal one. Two of the members are for fr
wheu this preseut bill Is enacted into law
silver without any qualifications, and can
they will be patient aud allow tbe new enue, increase our home production, give I ital and superahuudaut labor, tbe latter
be trusted to do all in their power to briut
law to thoroughly adjust itself to the con­ employment to American labor and in­ iuereased by 300,000 to 500,000 immi­ about international bimetallism at t &
ditions of the country, before passing, crease our influence in the world’s mar- ( grants yearly who cannot be kept employ­
ratio of Id to 1. The other ia a gold man
final judgment on its merits. W e confi­ Wets is not goiug to glide through Con­ ed while our food and clothing Is made in who favors bimetallism, and who, of
dently predict that it will bring prosper­ gress without opposition. The free trad­ Europe and elsewhere. This is a proposi­ course, will not jtlace any ohstaoles in tha
ity to the country, but it is not reasonable ers Will put tip a strong fight against it, tion which is readily admitted by anyone
way of bis colleagues. There can be no
to suppose that it entt work miracles, or and they propose to make all the capital not an idiot. In this connection cannot
complaint hereafter that the bimetallists
the
farmer
see
how
he
is
benefited
by
pro­
posible
out
of
if,
even
if
there
is
no
fac­
that it cau immediately place the country
tection? Tbe day has arrived when the have not been givqp ample opportunity to
upon the footing and prosperous basis tious opposition.
farmers must hold the home mnrket or uchieve their purpose.—Baltimore Ameri­
ROBT.
P.
P
O
R
T
E
R
.
rhe Most Favorable Measure to Agriculture Ever Presented which we had worked up to and enjoyed
^
-a'
stare
ruin In the face. Ten years’ increase can.
Ex-Supl.
U.
8.
Census.
through many years of continuous protec­
of
our
population
requires
half
as
much
to Congress.
President
McKinley
has
very properly
tion prior to the advent of the Wilson law.
wheat as we export aud our exportation is named commissioners to represent tho
The country has demanded a return to the
H o ». M artin N, Johnson.
threatened with decrease by Russia and United States ai the international mone­
protective system, and no class h^s made
The main advances in rates have been
the demand stronger in this line than the made in thg agricultural schedule. We Argentina, with no prospect, scarcely a tary conference.—Atlanta Journal, Dem.
possibility of increase. W e import half
The platform of the national Republican
The following repressions from leading lx in ley, chairman of the committee, to as farmers. Now when the system is put have given everything that we possibly
as much food and drink as all our agri­ convention advocajed an international
Ignculturlsts, statlatielana nnd statesmen •u't in this work, and I tried to make it into operation, let ns give it the necessary could iu the way of direct protection to
cultural
exports,
and
our
entire
consump­
conference upon the free cotnaga of «¡1-
lelalire to the Dingley bill and its rela­ atTord protection to agriculture. W e se- time, after the past years of tearing down the farmers. ] do not think there is an
tion already almost equals the enormous ver. The Republican Congress caeried
tion to the agricultural element of the ' Ured about all we askpil for, except a fhe protective walls of the country, to exception. In every instance- where we
farm
production,
much
of
our
exports
go­
out the proposition hy appropriate legisla­
tomtnnnity nnd to agriculture itself. will 1 " t j upon hides. We felt that as a mat­ gradually bring confidence and thy hum fopnd that we could benefit any agricul­
ing to offset the cost of our agricultural tion and authorized the President to ap- '
L of interest to every render, whatever er of justice and right people who rnisp of industry, which has been through hisi tural products directly by a tariff, we have
imports.
What
folly,
then,
for
farmers
point a commission. President McKinley
lit occupation. The class of men »elect- cattle are entitled to protection on hides Tdry thé accompaniment of a protective done so, but the main advantage which
to seek to destroy their own market by
L for this expression of views includes •is well ns those who manufacture leather tariff. ,
the farmers expect to get, aud will get free trade competition. It is not tbe dan­ shows nis intention of obeying that legis­
lation to the best of his ability by the se­
“ Under free trade, or a low tariff, the from this protective tariff is iu increasing
nen whose training as students of ngri and shoes have a right to protection on
ger merely of imported farm products, but
lulture from a practical and statistical their products. The fanners unquestion- producer or manufacturer has no assur­ their.horae. maj-kets, the best in the world. of imported manufactures which make lection o f Senator Wolcott o f Colorado,
■tandpoint of actual practice in prepar ^ 'v r e a p e d considerable benefit from the ance what the prices for his products will The sugar and flax schedules were made labor idle, non-consumptive and paralysis ex-Vice-President Stevenson and Gen.
Paine o f Massachusetts ns the (»embers.
The prices are regulated by1 the with a “‘view to creating or establishing
|ng the hill Itself, renders their consensus McKinley law. although the apparent re­ be.
of all industries, and that of the farmer
I f opinion upon this measure extremely versal of the verdict of the people in 1800 floods of material and manufactured ar­ fwo llfWritcrt.V flew and great sources of with inevitable certainty. Even a blind These gentlemen are all bimetalliats. Sen- .
ator Wolcott is one of those radical silver
ticles which arc unloaded upon our shores, agrictrl-tncal .wealth. We have passed be­
Valuable.
_________
farmer ought to be able to see this point men who enn be respected for bii honeaty
and 1.802 prevented them from realizing
the products of the pauper labor of Eu­ yond ,theuj\perimeutal-sta*e in both these
distinctly In the record of four years of a of purpose. He is, first of all, a Republi­
Ihe full advantages which they would
Hon. Nelson IUngtey.
rope; he Is thus timid about jjitrsuing this items. W e ^kuow. now that our soil nnd
semi-free trade administration.
have otherwise reaped under the measure,
can. nnd refused to desert the p^rty along
“ There can be no doubt of the marked
line of industry to.his full capacity fori climate áre ihe best'i'n tbe world for the
J. R. DODGE.
r arming Industries, as everybody knows,
with Teller and Dubois and the rest of
fear it will leave him in debt by finding growth of flatf fibre and sugar beets, and
growth of the protective sentiment in the
Ex-Statistician U. S. Department of Ag
liavp been greatly depressed during the
them. The commission is a. strong one.—
his markets occupied by foreign goods; now all,-We need is protection. Cause and
Ronth, ’ said Chairman Dingley of »he
ricnlture.
past few years, and many of ns attribute thus his operation« are circumscribed and f
Philadelphia Inquirer.
hv.'i.i - and Means Committee, in comment­
effect will be as clear cut in tlie natural­
this largely to the discrimination against
flis purchasing power reduced to a mini­ ization o f the sugar and linen industries A V ER SA TILE A G R IC U L T U R IS T .
President McKinley Is working In good
ing on the bill. ‘‘So far as I now recall,
agriculture, in the present Wilson tariff mum and many of the people who sold
faith to carry out that declaration of tha
»his is the first time that Southern item
measure, which placed wool upon the free him their products find themselves with­ under the Dingley bill as was the tin plate
St. Louis platform which pledges the Re­
berats have voted for a protective lull nr
list and reduced the duty upon »¿Honl- out a customer. Such' tin instance multi­ industry under the law of 1890. By so S e c r e t a r y W t l a o n L o o k ' n g O u t f o r
publican administration to do all in ita
expressed the strong sentiments n lavor tnral produets
adjusting the tariff as to protect and en­
V a r 'o n a F a rm In d u s trie s.
plied by thousands largely accounts for courage the manufacture and production
kf a protective tariff which we ham heard
Secretary Wilson of the Department of [tower to promote international bimetal­
“ We received great advantages, we the loss of the home market in «his coun­ of everything that we can produce or
■n the House, nnd which are now being
Agriculture, learning incidentally that lism. The last Congress having provided
presented at the Senate end of rbe capital think, from the reciprocity feature o f tbjp try.”
make to advantage In this country, we corn was being shipped from the United the necessary legislation whereby either a
In the amendments proposed by Senators McKinley law, which has (he endorse­
create a home mnrket for home products. States to Denmark to be fed to cows, monetary conference might be .called or
^nd others, increasing the protective rates ment of nearly every farmer in this coun­
Next to that market we expect to reopen whose butter is marketed in London, at special commissioners be appointed to
Boa,
W
alter
Evnn«.
kf dn'y in the pending tariff bill. We try. and we were very sorry that the
foreign markets for flour, meats agricul­ once conceived the idea that American sound foreign governments on the ques­
“
The
agricultural
interests
of
the
coun­
have had Democratic votes from the treaties were not carried out by the last try are very comprehensive and include tural and other machinery which we pos­ corn should he turned into butter by tion of bimetallism, the President baa
the latter
course.—Chicago
North for a protective tariff hill in the administration. We are very glad to see subjects of vast extent nnd importance— sessed under our former reciprocity agree­ American cows and marketed in London adopted
TLmes-Herald.
hast, but this support for the protective that the main features of the McKinley corn, wheat, suglir, rice, tobacco, cotton, ments with ih« West Indies nnd Central by American farmers.
law as related to protection ta agriculture
Idea from the South is new."
President McKinley's appointment of a
Upon inquiry at the Treasury Depart­
fruits, Uorses, mules, cattle, sheep, wool, and South American States, and also with
"And gratifying, of course, Mr. Ding are found in the Dingley hill. There has etc., are probably those that first strike Germany and France. In my judgment ment, Mr. Wilson learned that he had commission to nn international monetary
been
some
improvement,
we
think,
in
the
(hose markets for wheat rfnd flour wjll power and authority to spend the Gov­ conference demonstrates anew hia loyalty
py ?"
wool schedule, and we are sure that the you. The farmer needs that a demand make an additional demand for sixty ernment's money about as be saw fit. He to the best interests of the currency and
"Most assuredly.”
should be created and sustained for all
proftipt
passage
of
this
measure
will
nf­
"Surprising, too?4'
farm products at good prices. Without an million bushels of wheat a year, and the had a purpose in view in making the in­ his desire to carry out the declaration ofr
"Not especially so: no. The develop- ford some relief which will be very grate­ active demand that is reasonably continu­ restoration of activity in the mining, man­ quiry. and at once issued orders to his as­ the national Republican platform in ra-
ful
to
the
farmers.
They
will
be
very
nent of mnnufnctiiring industries in the
ous nnd permanent in character agricul­ ufacturing nnd other industries of this sistants to buy severnl hundred pounds gard to securing such larger use o f silver
South 'n the last few years has created a much opposed to unnecessary delay in Its tural interests languish. I f there is such country, such as we enjoyed under the of the best creamery butter made Iu Illi­ in the moneys of the world ns may bo
protective sentiment. There are two rea­ passage, as th«y want relief, nnd want it a demand they flourish, and that is pre­ tariff of 1890 will, 1 think, increase the nois, Iowa and one or two other States. made with safety. The commission an­
sons for this: First, the desire for the in­ now They will have little patience with cisely equivalent to prosperity for the home consumption to what it formerly This will be shipped to the Government’s nounced is representative and its person­
crease of manufactures and the direct any long drawn out action nnd delay on farmer. The tariff bill aims at two things was per capita, thus adding about 120 animal industry agent in London, and nel could hardly be improved. It covora 9
the part of Congress in putting this meas­
esults therefrom, and second, the ad-
in this connection, nnmel.v. first, to guard million bushels a year to the present home placed upon the market. The butter will all phases of opinion on the silver ques­
ure on the statute books. They want it
Jtaatages to agriculture which come from
our
farmers and farm labor against the consumption, and this will, 1 think, re­ be sent in various packages, and the agent tion.-Ohio State Journal.
to become a law. The farmers are de­
will be Instructed to report wbat the mar­
the home manufacturing industry. The
The silver Democrats hnve persistently,
lower wage conditions of other countries, quire our total surplus.
pendent largely upon home consumers for
W e find that the woolen schedule is ket wants in the way of package, color of maintained that the Republican party was
value of farm products is largely depen­
such ns Mexico, Canada nnd many others
rhe disposal of their products. The pro­
butter,
salt,
flavor,
etc.
It
is
expected
meeting
with
general
approbation
among
dent upon proximity to a market. Farm
not sincere when it declared at St. Louis
more remote, and, second, to so stimulate
ducts sent abroad are brought into compe­
products lire bulky and (he cost of trans­
the general Industrial energies of the the farmers. I nra in receipt of a letter that in this way a knowledge of the wants thnt it was fnvnrab!a,to the largest possi­
tition with the cheapest labor and land in
of
the
English
markets
will
he
obtained,
from
the
secretary
of
the
Wool
Growers’
ble use of silver as a money metal, and
whole country ns to give all the people
porting them to a distant market destroys
the world, and sometimes there is no profit*
work at fair compensation in one form or Association of North Dakota with refer­ to the end that the farmers of the United was further favorable to a bimetallic cur­
the profits to the farmer. I f he has a
left for the farmer'after charges are paid.
States
will
soon
be
getting
a
fair
share
ence
to
the
proposed
wool
schedule
of
the
rency based on an international agree­
snarket just alongside his farm or in easy For their other products, however, not another, and in that way to gain them
ment. Since the election these same peo­
reach ne can make good profits out of a shipped abroad there is a great advan­ the power to buy wbat the farmers have Dingley bill, stating that the same is of the English butter trade.
thoroughly
satisfactory
to
the
North
Da­
Secretary Wilson says scientific work is ple have stubbornly Insisted that Presi­
business which would not be successful if tage to the farmer in having a good sub­ for sale, aud as a consequence to create
fie were compelled to ship his productions stantial home market. The opening of and sustain the demand of which I huve kota association. The woolen schedule of rfll right, but he wants scientific work dent McKinley, nor the Republican party,
i long distance to find snip for them. The factories aud mines and giving employ­ spoken. No cluss of our people are more the present bill is n marked improvement that has a practical vaftie. “ The trouble would do nothing favorable to the restora­
kstahlishment of manufacturing industries ment to the vast army of laborers in this dependent than are the farniersNipon the over that of the McKinley law. The rates with many of our scientists of the A gri­ tion of the white metal aa a primary mon­
In the South has thus not only increased country at good wages will largely in­ successful operation of the doctrine of pro­ tin the first and second class wools are cultural Department,” he says, “ is that ey. Our dispatches this morning ara a
|the price which the farmer gets for his crease the consumption of those products tection to home industrie«, for, if those the same as under the McKinley law, but they work for the delectation o f other sci­ sufficient answer to such assertion*. Pres­
products, hut has greatly diversified these not considered staple products, such as industries are prosperous the great labor­ the advantage of the schedule in this bill entists. for the approval of their fellows in ident McKinley lias already begun tho
lies in the fact that the coarse so-called the scientific world. I want them to work good work of getting ready for ao lntsr-
products, aud thus further iuereased his vegetables, fruits, etc., and will be of very ing classes will have money, and will
nationa) conference with a yiew to aecnro
therewith buy freely and pay liberally und “ carpet wools” from China, Bagdad nnd for the farmer.”
profits."
great benefit to the farming class. These
Egypt principally, paying under the Mc­
an international agreement for a bimetal­
“ Then you look upon the growth of the laboring classes are liberal buyers when promptly for what the farmer has, but if
Kinley law a low rate of duty, are uow Cu rren cy K e fo r m ¡hot " S h e l v e d . " lic currency thnt will be acceptable to tha
protective sentiment as developing among they hare the money and never haggle the laboring classes are out of employ­
rated as first-class wools. At least thirty
The assertion which is made by some of grent commercial nations of the world.—
khe agriculturists as well as among the over prices, so that we will get. if this bill ment they cannot and do not buy what million pounds o f these wools were im­
pnuiifacturiug
communities
of
the opens factories and mines and gives tbe the farmer must sell. The last four years ported as carpet wools annually, but were the sound money Democratic (tapers that Dubuque Times.
the Republicans have "shelved” monetary
have demonstrated this, aud it sectus to
(South?"
If anything cau be done in favor of'in­
employment expected, great benefits in
me that the people will not forget it. converted into garments and cloths, in­ reform ia a little too precipitate. Presi­ ternational bimetallism this commission
“ Undoubtedly a study of the agrieul- this somewhat indirect manner.
stead
of
carpets,
aud
to
meet
the
require­
dent
McKinley
gave
a
prominent
place
to
Speaking generally, I may say that no
(ttrnl history and conditions « f the various
"I t is not to be expected, however, that
ments of tbe manufacturers, the fashions this subject iu his inaugural address, and can accomplish it. Ifn oth ln g an be done,
and the indications are not flattering, w «
sections of theqrountry shows clearly that ihe benefits will be directly and immedi­ class of our people were more thought of were actually changed, cloaks and coats
suggested the appointment of a commis­ shall know the truth about the matter.
Ihe value of the land and of its produc­ ately felt to the extent that they will latpr. by the Republican members of tbe Ways possessing a zery rough fibre and finish
sion
to
go
over
the
whole
question
atid
re­
I f an international coinnge ratio cannot
tions averages much higher per acre in The bonded warehouses of the grent cities and Means Committee in preparing the being worn by ail classes.
port a plan which would bring our diverse he established, it is posaibla that tbe re­
rhe sections having manufacturing indtts- are at this lime crowded to overflowing hill than were the farmers, and I believe
The
protectionist
farmers
of
the
coun­
and
illogical
financial
system
into
approx­
mark of Senator Wolcott, one of the com­
lri"s which afford a home market for the with millions of dollars' worth of impor­ the provisions of the bill will show this to try with whom I have talked or corre­
imate harmony with tbe requirements of mission, to the effect that financial mea
products and for diversified productions. tations which have be< n rushed in under lie a fact. W e tried to do what was need­ sponded express themselvps ns thoroughly
the tiuie. A hill to carry out the Presi­ in Europe are eager to arrest tha depre­
The people of the South are realising this the present law in order to escape the ful to re-create our sheep flocks aud the satisfied with the present bill. They not
dent'« suggestion has been introduced in ciation cf silver bullion, indicates that an
In their experience with the manufactur­ higher duty anticipated by the Dingley wool clips that would follow. W e espe­ only believe that it will help them directly
the House.
,
effort muy b° made to come to an agrat-
ing establishments which have been de­ bill. It will take some time for the pete cially endeavored to encourage the pro­ hy reason of the rates levied upon agri­
It would be unreasonable to blame the ment by which nations may absorb and
duction of sugar, feeling sure that our
veloped in that section in the last few pie to absorb this vast trverstock of cloth
cultural
articles,
but
have
great
faith
that
Republicans for giving precedence to the use tic ire silver as money.—Indianapolis
years. So there is a growth of protective ing. and in the meantime but small de­ fnrmers could produce all we require if with its enactment will come increased
tariff question. A deficit of something Journal.
sentiment not alone among those interest­ mand will be made upon manufacturers they would go to work at it. So with all activity and good business times, nnd that
like $70,000,009 a year in tbe revenues is
President McKiuIey has taken the first
ed in manufactures or directly profiting in Ihis country, nor will the customs re­ the other great agricultural products l there will be a ready and satisfactory
to be provided for. and this necessity is
have named. And in my judgment if the
by the employment which they give, but ceipts show their legitimate strength."
home market icr their products. Former­ far greater than that of reforming tbe step towards carrying ont the pledge of
planters
of
the
South
will
only
address
the Republican national platform to |
also among the great mass o f people of
.1 H. B R I G H A M .
themselves to it there are other crops than ly there was litUe need of direct protec­ financial system, urgent as the latter re­ mote international bimetallism, by
that section whose attention is devoted to
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
tion to farm products, as few were im­ quirement is. The condition of the cur­
those
now
raised
there
which
cau
be
cul­
pointing three commissioner» to an intar-
agriculture.”
tivated with great profit—notably, for in­ ported. Now all that is changed, as over rency will not get worse, for the assault national monetary cohference. In accord­
“ Do you look for a continued growth of
fifty per cent o f our total imports for the on the nation's monetary stability and sol­
stance. jute.”
ance with the act passed at the last i
Pon George W. Steele.
the protective sentiment in the South?"
last five ^ g^ ^ h a ve been agricultural pro
vency made last year lias been repelled, sion. The composition of this commission '
W A L T E R EVANS.
Major Steele. Congressman from In­
■ ‘Yes, the mere effect of this discussion
duct*.
nnd
it
cannot
be
repeated
until
three
years
Member Ways and Means Committee.
is certainly favorable to the silver
and Ihe nvowed protective sentiments of diana and a member of the Ways and
M. N. JOHNSON.
hence at tbe earliest. On the other hand, The expectation» of the country at to I
men of all parties will have its effect in Means Committee, discussed various top­
Member Ways anil Means Committee.
the
necessity
for
immediate
action
on
the
success of this commission will not
Con. Cohort P. Porter.
still further strengthening and increasing ics of the pending hill, having looked carp-
question of the revenue* it imperative.— raised too high: but if it falls it will
The tariff bill is now before the public,
fullj into the features of the Wilson Inn­
thi protective sentiment.”
St. I.uui* Globe-Detnoernt.
Hnu. J. H. Dodge.
satisfaction to know that a stneera i
"And does this probably menu an in as compared with the McKinley law. up­ and it is easy to make a comparison, item
Free trader« are apt to sneer at tbe idea
has been made by able repreaentatlve
er. ase in Republican strength from that on which the Dingley hill is very generally by item, of the proposed bill with the of a tariff on farm animals; wheat, barley,
Bryan's Case Hopeless.
the United State» to fetch the lead! _
section in Congress and in national elec based. Kspeeially with reference to live present law and the McKinley law. The eggs and other products of the furm, and
If these immense cfnjA'ds which greet European nation* Into line.—Minneapolis
Slock he shows bv his remarks in the Con­ opposition plan Is to attack the new bill in
tii ns generally?”
call attention to tbe limited amount of Mr. Bryan whprever he speaks mean that
»
“Undoubtedly. The Republican vote in gressional Record that the decrease in detail, as they did the McKinley law. and such Imports. It they are intelligent, such be is likely to be nominated in 1900 they Tribune.
the South has been largely held in check the values of horses, cattle and sheep in make all the political capital out o f these sneering is insincere; if impracticable doc indicate that Providence is going to stick
W ils on's W in n in g W a j » .
p the past because parties divided to a Indiana alone have been enormous, in attacks. It is well for Republicans to be trinarían«, they know no,better. Without to the Republican party. Mr. Bryan is
Secretary Wilson has adopted a
great extent on the color line. Now that some cases over <hi per cent. In the case on guard against those misleading and in a duty on wheat, it can be brought front au eloquent and picturesque man, but his
there is a disposition to divide on pther of cattle and sheep this decrease in value sidious attacks. They should recall the Argentine to New York at less expense popularity does not grow on close ac­ effective way of disabusing the mind* of
issues and upon th«* important issue of is directly attributable to the o|ieration fact most potent at this time that the sec­ than from Nebraska; barley is brought quaintance. lie will never be as ktrong farmers, particularly In the Weat »1 *
Sooth, of the delusion that the coinage t
Cattle were brought tions of the ift-Kinley law which were
protection, it will insure fair elections, and <if the Wilson Ian
from Cirtiada In spite of ordinary duties, again a> he was last'year. Despite hia currency question ia at the bottom of
*>tb fair elections nnd increased protec­ into this country in great numbers from most bitterlv assailed are the very sec­ and cattle from Canada and Texas. Wool ravings in 1890 that his defeat would
tbeir trouble«.
It will take time, of ‘
tive sentiment, it will strengthen very ma­ Canada and Mexico. Mexican cattle were tions that subsequently proved o f most was brought from Australia, Cape Colony mean national bankruptcy and gpnernl
course, to carry hi* project fully into el
terially the probabilities of Republican brought in across the border at a total benefit to the American producer and the and several South American States when disaster, and his silly flings at the Repub­
feet, lint it marks a decided step in rei
•' 1 "ess ip many parts of that section. We cost, including duty, slightly In excess of American wage earner.
Tbe agricultural interests of the coun­ the duty was 12 cents per pound, and lican party since the election, a majority tiering the Department of Agriculture oil
nr. ve seen this illustrated in the recent $8 per hot and were driven in great
since
It
came
in
free,
with
free
shoddy
in
of the people probably think he ia sincere, of the most practical and useful hranebe
try have been well cared for. directly hy
elections In which the Republican party droves car id to **e finally fattened
its wake, an amount in a single year, but a majority of the people can uever be of tbe Federal Government. The pub!'
earned the northern tier of Southern in the gi-ea ' •»;> areas of the West and the increase of duties wherever necessary, equal to Ihe entire clip of the United led to think he is the sort of man this
will heartily sustain him In his efforts
Slates for the presidency, nnd elected an then cl 'c.-d * u ,l" Chicago and other and indirectly by the provisions for recip­ States, has flooded the country, sending country needs for President.—St. Louis
enable American farmer» to better tl
unusually large number of Congressmen." Western murke *. By this method of rocity. which are sure to increase our ex­ prices below cost of production and a Globe- Democra t.
lot and to free themselves from the pe
d v.li
be bin er* of herds escaped the ports of agricultural product*. Our free
“ ''
•
lent influences of political mountebaa
trade friends have shown great anxiety fourth of the flock* of the country to tie
nece-git"
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•
*“
:,r
f*«K
«*-
*
nJ
they
were
Htputty ltaslnesa Improvement.
Hon. J. H. Priuhnm.
and fakirs.—New York Commercial d
thn« brough- into competition with the over this reciprocity feature o f the new butcher's block, to exportation and to
“I think the farmers generally without
A good many people are complaining vertiser.
. .1 hy our . own
farmers
at a a bill. “ With sugar on the dutiable list, death by neglect; reduced the value of
ratf’C
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,
.
Regard to political associations are rather
♦ i t , f"** i**r
\ a*t area« of what have we got to trade with?” they in­ those remaining and almost eliminated that business i* no better than it was be­
value from the pasture lands of farm and fore tbe election. There has certainly
anxious to sees measure like the Dingley ,he grazmg '-.«•!* '»f
K nottie r,I F a r m e r s P r o a p e - o n «
«e a t are now nocently exclaim. The answer is; “ Lots
The manufacturers who were been no boom, and men of*small meant
bill passed, in order to see what the result • ii k .- rs
Hon. J. Pope Brown, president of th
of this •
In of things " The new reciprocity will au­ range.
*¡11 be ns related to themselves. Even addition to ih>-. Infectious disease* af- thorize tbe President to reduce duties in promised so much benefit from free wool, Hod it shout as dillicglt to get money as Georgia State Agricultural Society, ia" i
those who have not heretofore believed ‘ f:n_ ,..,ttie have Fen Isrgely spread cases where other nations are willing to greater variety, cheaper cost, a larger out' before; but there is certainly an improve­ ported as saving that "the farmer* of
T*ry much in the policy of protection to
our own herds by these passing reduce duties on our commodities. For put and a foreign market, have been over­ ment in financial conditions, and people Stale are iu better condition than th
with good collateral ami gilt-edged credit have been in twenty years." Mr.
American industries, want to see this hill ,
j W e s t e r n cattle raiser never instance, an eighth of a cent reduction per run by eno.mong quantities and depre
N into operation in the hope that It will L 'Vwing when his herd would become af- imund on refined sugar^will be an impor­ dated qt#iitiea of manufactured foreign can secure money for legitimate opera­ is a farmer, progressive, successful all
goods, not admitted free, but at lower tions at a lower rate of iaterest than ever prosperous, lie might to know and
afford them relief, and if it does they will f ’tel and depleted.
Continuing. Mr. tant club to hold over Germany, and may
be very thankful. If it does not afford ¡iVeele -aid that there has bjea a«_BB; make that naPon hesitate to prohibit otir duties, and the result hat been tbe shut­ known before in this eouutry.
believe he is very correct.—Houstou Ho
If people will exercise a little patience
the relief desired then they will turn
r>( fhelaw in the payment grain and flour and cattle and meat. The ting down of mills until at one time three-
fourtb* of the factories were inoperative, they may je t witness a mhrvelous bo si­ Journal.
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their attention to something else. So far
!
changes
in
tbe
mineral
water
schedule
"tilts' and that great numbers o f cattle
will b«ve tbe same effect. 8o in the case artisans and '«borers out of employ, con­ ne«» re*-overy. as the result of fhe health­
a* I am individually concerned. I have
Align* o f Better Times.
\ ‘ e h„ n brought in without the payment
I of ailk . nd wines from France. This pol­ sumption of farm products reduced, confi­ ier political and Industrial condition* I While the revival of industry from
always been an advocate'of protection to
. e ..riff whatever.
dence destroyed, panic intensified and ev­
American industries As a farmer. I have
T h e farm ers of the middle West M r. icy should be extended much further than ery interest of the country affected. The brought about by the inauguration of « I (lcpressiotf caused by the Democratic I
Republican President and the passage of
felt that the agricultural interests have ¿ V »avs. sre well satisfied with the re- the committee has gone. In addition to
wool grower* and manufacturers alone a protective tariff.—Minneapolis Tribune. is slow, a* was foreseen by all lute
not alnay* been fairly treated in tariff re­ ‘
. . «4 nor ton duty on bay. T h u w ill sugar, the Presilent is authorised to put
men. it is. nevertheless, progreasing i
visions. In the McKinley bill, agriciiltur, "s rn, 'ont the great quantity of Canada ! t duty on tea and coffee: hut the rata is have lost more by this experiment of free
The interest on our public debt increas­ ¡ly, and in no part of tbe Union are i
woOle
and
lowered
woolen
duties
than
tbe
!
not
bigb
enough
to
have
tbe
right
effect
‘ceived better treatment tbun in any oth-
h.,s been brought into the
lacking that the bard times are pi
|er measure, previous or subsequent, ex h!,T,h 'Y i . entrai section of the country by I And in the ease ef the countries’ which sum representad by the Increafe of the na­ ed 50 per Pent during Grover Cleveland's away, and better conditions retur
second
term
in
office,
but
tbe
interest
ia
tional
debt
during
Clrvi>^juL*^lmini*tra-
should
make
reciprocal
arrangements
for
eept the Dingley bill. I had milch to do "
l ,,f tbe short banl. selling ia our
*v. The Grover Cleveland and bis party during all classes of trade sad industry.,
h h
of th, f«rm - our agricultural products the duties should tion. And who ha# g i
onally with the shaping of the McKin- reason o'
quality
of
ciothing
ia
.
than that time decreased more than 50 per coot. Francisco Call.
be
placed
high,
and
the
right
invested
ia
P*T bill as related to the agricultural
ro t. i - «be - c h a H .
vkedule, being called upon by Major Me
AND THE FARMER.
[ow the New Tariff Measure Will
Affect Agriculture.
^IEWS OF THE MEIN WHO FRAMED IT.
jeading Statisticians and Agricultural Experts
Also Commend It.